Thursday, March 24, 2011

Our PLaYrOoM

Remember clear back...oh, about a year ago...when I said I was working on sprucing up our playroom? A YEAR ago! Where does this time go? Well, with all of the spring cleaning (nesting) going on around here I was able to clean up enough to get a few pictures of the 'finished' room...still not where I would like it to be, but it will do for now.

The entire purpose of this room is to provide a place for my kids and all of their mess toys. This room is a bit separate from the rest of the house, it's a bonus room above our garage. I love that they have their space to play and make their messes and (the best part) if I don't want to, I don't have to go up there and see that mess. Out of sight, out of mind...I can choose to ignore it completely.

One of my favorite things in this room are my Ikea shelves. They are the perfect place to store lots of stuff and help keep things looking organized and clean. The big canvas storage bins work great to hide all the little nic-naks that need a place to be...they also are great to incorporate the colors of the room. I found these at Walmart and Target.

When we painted, I knew I wanted to put chalkboard paint somewhere in the room. We decided on doing a strip on the back wall...

29 comments:

I love this playroom! I really like how you incorporated so many letters. I am such a fan of the alphabet, in kids rooms because I remember how much they inspired me when I was little. I also love how you organized your books by color! I would never have thought of that!

The ruler on the wall is a height ruler. It came with magnets to stick on the metal strip and mark your kids heights. My mom actually bought it for me at a local craft botique...sorry can't offer anymore info than that.

I LOVE your play room! And I have spent the past 30 minutes LOVING your blog! I adore your parties...I have a little girl and we were just recently blessed with a little man and it has been hard for me to switch to "boy mode", but I CANNOT WAIT to have a pinewood derby birthday party! I made my 3 week old promise me we could do a car party as soon as he is old enough!

Your playroom is amazing!!! Your kiddos are so lucky to have such a creative mom! My requirements of the next house we buy is a bonus room where I can create a playroom just just like yours. Thanks for sharing such a great project!

Love the playroom!! Do you mind sharing what size canvases you used for the alphabet prints? And what font? I am thinking of doing something similar for my son's playroom! Thanks for sharing your great ideas!

You have one beautiful playroom. If I was a kid, I wouldn't want to leave this room. :) Thanks for sharing! It makes me want to talk to my husband and finish at least one of the additional rooms just for the my little boy and coming little girl's playroom. :) LOL! Awesome!

Just found your blog and it has answered and gave life to all my decorating ideas as of late! I knew someone in the world had out nursery colors and made it look amazing!!! And the play room is awesome! Just spent half of my nap time scoping out the goods! I'm hooked!

Found you from Pinterest! I love your playroom.I have a very similar one at our house, but it is actually what used to be our formal living room and it is open to everything...I wish I could close a door when it got messy, but the ikea storage helps to make clean up easy!

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